JENNY FLOYD

Jenny Floyd is an author of paranormal, true crime, and biographical text. She also writes paranormal nonfiction with her husband, Jacob Floyd. Together, they are known as the Frightening Floyds.

Jenny is a lifelong paranormal enthusiast, empath, thanatologist, and animal lover. She also enjoys tarot, rabbit sitting, and reading paranormal stories from around the globe. She is the one who developed the Frightening Floyds’ STRANGE AND UNUSUAL series of books, taken from her love of BEETLEJUICE.

BEKKI PATE

Bekki Pate is the author of The Untaken, The Fragment Trilogy and 6°, as well as several short stories published in various anthologies. She lives in Walsall in the West Midlands with her partner and daughter.

JOSEPH RUBAS

Joseph Rubas is, according to some, a mediocre author who wants to be Stephen King but can barely pull off Dean Koontz. To others, he’s a genius. Read this book to find out which it is.

JENNIFER WINTERS

Jennifer Winters is a writer of dark fiction, horror, and low fantasy, with elements of magical realism and the weird. Originally from northeast Mississippi, she currently resides in Central Maryland where she teaches high school English, hikes, and keeps bees. Her work has been featured in various anthologies, including Daughters of Darkness: an All-Woman Anthology, Forgotten Ones, Mother Ghost’s Grimm, and Wrong Roads. Her stories have also been featured on The NoSleep Podcast, Creepy Podcast, and in the second season of The Grey Rooms Podcast. Please follow her on Twitter @wordywinters.

D.G. SUTTER

D. G. Sutter is a reclusive writer and actor-singer living on the rocky shores of New England. His short work has been published in many anthologies and previously collected into the work Oddly Chilling. In Dormancy, They Sleep is a sophomore offering following his debut, La Maquina Oscura. He is currently at work on a spin-off novel and several screenplays. When not writing he can be found spending time at the beach with his wife and three children, camping, hiking, or road-tripping around the U.S. Having been to over 600 breweries around the country, he can often be found with an ale in his hand. Skål

SHELDON WOODBURY

Sheldon Woodbury worked for some of the top advertising agencies in New York City then returned to school to get an M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from New York University where he also taught screenwriting. He’s an award-winning writer (screenplays, plays, books, short stories, and poems). His book COOL MILLION is considered the essential guide to writing high concept movies. His short stories and poems have appeared in many horror anthologies and magazines.

JAMES M. WATJEN

Currently nestled between cornfields and the majestic Wabash River in southern Indiana, James Watjen spends his days honing his craft as a writer and filmmaker while cherishing precious moments with his wife and three wonderful children.

His journey as a storyteller has been deeply influenced by a lifelong fascination with the thriller and horror genres, with masters of the craft like Stephen King, George Romero, and William Lustig serving as the backbone of his inspiration. It’s from this talented and amazing group of storytellers that he draws his greatest inspirations. Whether it be through the classic novels of King or the psychological and unhinged works of Romero and Lustig, the influence is sometimes subtle yet present.

James is currently working through several original and disturbing releases for the next few years.

MARCUS COOK

Marcus Cook lives in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife Kathy and their cat Diniro. In 2018, he had his first short story published, “Ava Edison and the Burning Man in Burning: An Anthology of Short Thrillers.

This is where Ava Edison was born. Her adventures continue in his debut novel, A Chance in Hell: An Ava Edison Heist.

When not writing, Marcus likes to play Dungeon and Dragons with his friend group, and spend time with his family.

He is inspired by his favorite authors Dean Koontz and Elmore Leonard.

COYOTE WALLACE

With bootlegger blood running through his veins, Gonzo fire in his belly, and folk punk-fantasy percolating in his brain, Coyote Wallace spins up genre-bending tales that draw on the spirits of Appalachia as well as fantastically imagined pasts, presents, and futures of the American Spirit. Creator of the MEDIUM series THE DISPATCHES FROM APPALACHIA, contributing writer for RUNESCAPE: SHATTERED PARADISE, and BOOK OF WYRM: COMPANIONS, and the first twice-selected (in one call) novelist under the Nightmare Press banner.

Coyote’s debut novels, AMERICAN MYSTIC: THE LIFE, DEATH, AND REBIRTH OF JIMMY WONDERFUL and SARAH CORBIN’S BLOODY REVENGE, promise readers a double-barreled dose of the wild, the weird, and the wonderful.

GEVERA BERT PIEDMONT

Gevera Bert Piedmont is a neurodivergent cyborg swamp witch living on the edge of a frog pond in Connecticut with her spouse, cats, and an impressive collection of rubber lizards. She is the author of THE MAW AND OTHER TIME-TRAVELING LIZARD TALES, THE MICKEY CROW paranormal series (SHIVER, FORMNLESS, and forthcoming METAL), co-author of AIRESFORD (the other author is an actual zombie), editor of the NECRONOMI-ROMCOM CTHULHU MYTHOS duology, and co-editor of HORROR OVER THE HANDLEBARS, an anthology of Connecticut horror. Her next anthology, with co-editor Elizabeth Davis of Dead Fish Books, will be THE ATLAS OF DEEP ONES.

Her short stories have been published in LOVE BEYOND DEATH, THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE OLD ONES, HEART OF FARKNESS, THROUGH A SCANNER FARKLY, DOOMSCROLLING, WICKED SICK, SOMETHING WOKED THIS WAY COMES, and others.

Bert has an MFA in creative writing and belongs to HWA, Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association, and New England Horror Writers. Her (very) small press publishing company is Transformations by Obsidian Butterfly, LLC, and at this time is only publishing anthologies.

Connect at:

Facebook.com/geverabertpiedmont

geverabertpiedmont.com

obsidianbutterfly.com

https://linktr.ee/bybertabird

or her Amazon and Goodreads author pages.

V.L. JONES

VL Jones is a paranormal enthusiast who loves to write horror stories. She is obsessed with anything scary and writes about her experiences at haunted sites. VL also writes articles and stories blended with cryptids and urban legends. Her work has been published in THE HAUNTED ZONE: A HORROR ANTHOLOGY BY WOMEN MILITARY VETERANS by Tundra Swan Publishing. A – Z OF HORROR: T IS FOR TAROT by Red Cape Publishing, ELEMENTS OF HORROR: FIRE by Red Cape Publishing, and TWISTED NIGHTMARES by Michael Bradley.

She received her MFA in Creative Writing and MA in English from Southern New Hampshire University and is a long-time Horror Writer’s Association (HWA) member. She lives with her four furry helpers in Tucson, Arizona.

You can find her work on her website: https://twistedwiccan.com

DOUGLAS K. CURRIER

Douglas K Currier lives with his wife in Winooski, Vermont, and Corrientes, Argentina.  He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh MFA program and has published poetry and fiction in Spanish and English in North and South America. 

His stories have appeared in Trajectory, Bandit Fiction, Otherwise Engaged, Unlikely Stories, and Main Street Rag.

Author of four books of poetry in Spanish (one bilingual) and two: Senorita Death and Death Studies, as well as Conversations with Death (Main Street Rag Publishing Company) in English. His book Peach (Nightmare Press) will be his first collection of short stories.

G.E. MOORE

g.e. moore stepped away from teaching during the pandemic to focus on his passion for poetry and storytelling.

His publishing debut, the poetry collection Songs For The Cleveland Avenue Warriors: Songs From The Past, Present and Future (creativeonion Press) was followed up by the second edition, Songs For The Cleveland Avenue Warriors: Reality and Fame, the children’s book series, What Daddy Do and What Mommy Do, and an Afrofuturist-themed short story collection, The Wayward Home For Retired Superheroes And More Astonishing Tales From The Hood.

g.e. moore also celebrates his debut Afrofuturist-themed novel, Bealz, Prince of the Southside

(Nightmare Press) as well as the release of his spoken word album, I Used To Be A Superhero, produced by Rich Kern (https://therichkern.com/)

g.e. moore is most proud to identify as a Poet, an Author and, most magically, a Dad.

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J.M. HELUK

J. M. Heluk is an American author best known for macabre fiction and the art of short stories. Over the decades, she has shared pages with numerous literary horror masters. Heluk is an active affiliate member of The Horror Writers Association.  In 2009, “Two Miles as the Crow Flies” earned her an honorable mention from The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 1.

Heavily influenced by gothic literature of the early to mid-20th century, J. M. Heluk is most recognized for her modernization of haunting prose and landing that classic twist so necessary for short fiction.   

When not writing, J. M. enjoys the outdoors, collecting oddities, spending time with her husband and tending to many beloved cats.

JAMES ARTHUR ANDERSON

James Arthur Anderson made his first professional sale to Andrew J. Offutt’s Swords Against Darkness V anthology back in 1979. He is the author of several novels, including The Altar and The Monastery (both from Wildside Press), and book-length critical studies of Ray Bradbury, H.P. Lovecraft, and Stephen King. His latest critical study, Methods and Meaning in the Novels of Stephen King: A Constant Reader’s Guide, was [ublished by McFarland in 2024. He has also published speculative poetry in Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, Spectral Realms, The Horror Zine, and Star*Line.

Anderson is Professor Emeritus at Johnson & Wales University, where he taught writing and literature for 37 years before retiring in 2020. He is currently a part-time instructor at Georgia Southern University. Anderson holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Rhode Island, and a B.A. and M.A. from Rhode Island College. He lives in Garfield, Georgia with his wife Lynn, a gaggle of spoiled barn cats, and a very spoiled dog.

KENDALL PHILLIPS

Kendall Phillips is a Bram Stoker nominated author who writes about horror, popular culture, and politics. He lives, writes, and teaches in upstate New York. This is his first novel. Find out more at: www.kendallrphillips.com

BELINDA BRADY

Belinda is passionate about stories and after years of second guessing herself she finally turned her hand to writing them, with a preference for supernatural and thriller themes; her love of both often competing for her attention. As a result, she has had several stories published in a variety of publications, both online, on podcasts and in anthologies. In 2025, Belinda published her children’s picture book titled Bolt’s First Day, a tale about a cute, green monster who is scared to start school because he thinks he is different.

On the other end of the spectrum, Belinda also has indulged in her passion for true crime podcasts, by making one of her very own. Her podcast called Crime Scenes with Coffee Beans, and it’s a true crime podcast which covers Australian murders…over a coffee or two. Belinda enjoys music, cats, dachshunds, drinking too much coffee, over indulging in too many cocktails when the occasion arises, travelling and – of course – all things spooky!

Belinda lives in Australia with her family and has been known to enjoy the company of cats and her super cute and super spoiled dachshunds over people. You can find Belinda’s podcast, Crime Scenes with Coffee Beans, wherever you listen to your favourite podcasts and you can find Belinda’s children’s picture book, Bolt’s First Day, on Amazon.

DEDHAM POND

When Dedham Pond was in kindergarten, attending a school carnival, soothing adults had to lead him out of a classroom haunted house. Humiliation set in and Ded vowed never to let that happen again. He discovered Famous Monsters magazine and a love of scary things took hold. A few of his stories were published in small-press magazines in the 1990s; more recently he has seen a short story published in Mothers: Tales of Love and Terror, under the name Todd Powell. Ded runs a hobby business whose bread and butter is replacement parts for monster models.

DAVID TURNBULL

David Turnbull is a writer based in the United Kingdom. He was born in Edinburgh and grew up in the Scottish Borders. He has spent most of his adult life in London. A former chef and a former national trade union official, he is now an accredited tour guide, leading horror and sci-fi-themed guided walks. He is also a presenter on similar themes for the online forum REST LESS, and a regular contributor of non-fiction articles to the online magazine SPOOKY ISLES.

As a writer, he is the author of HUSKS, THE DRAGON BREATH CHRONICLES, ONE HUNDRED PREDICTIONS, and MAGGIE’S HOUSE.  He is a founding member of the Clockhouse London group of genre writers, established by Allen Ashley (former President of the British Fantasy Society), in 2012. He has had numerous short stories published in magazines and anthologies. His stories have also been featured at Liars League London events and have been read at other live events such as Solstice Shorts and Virtual Futures.

His newsletter, Lambeth Fantastical, which explores both his guided walks and his works of fiction, is free to subscribe to on this link.

https://dturnbull.substack.com/p/lambeth-fantastical-episode-six

MARK PICKVET

Mark Pickvet was born in Pinconning, Michigan and graduated from the University of Michigan where he received his Bachelors’ and Masters’ Degrees.  He went on to obtain a PhD in History and has written many books, especially on the history of glassware and the State of Michigan, and several works of fiction.

SATYROS PHIL BRUCATO

Satyros Phil Brucato (he/they) — aka Satyr, Phil, and Cedar Blake — has been publishing professionally in various media since 1989. One of the original creators of the World of Darkness series, Satyr’s known best for his work on Mage, Werewolf, Changeling, Wraith and Vampire, as well asthe Street Fighter RPG.

Outside the White Wolf pack, he’s authored the novel Red Shoes, the webcomic Arpeggio, and the collections Valhalla with a Twist of Lethe, Tritone: Tales of Musical Weirdness, Wyldheart: Tales of Primal Fantasy, and now Breaking the Devil’s Bread, as well as the RPGs Deliria: Faerie Tales for a New Millennium, Powerchords: Music, Magic & Urban Fantasy, Creatures of the Dark, and a variety of other games for various publishers and his own Quiet Thunder and Silver Satyr imprints. Beyond that, Satyr co-created the urban fantasy film series Strowlers, and has written fiction and nonfiction for Weird Tales, Realms of Fantasy, Steampunk Tales, Witches & Pagans, newWitch Magazine, a variety of RPG publishers, and a host of anthologies, websites, newspapers, and blogs.

Under the name Cedar Blake, they’ve also released erotica, paranormal romance, RPG material, and metaphysical nonfiction.

Based in Seattle, WA, Satyr shares home and business with his spouse, partner and longtime collaborator Sandra Damiana Swan.

You can find out more at:

https://satyrosphilbrucato.wordpress.com/

https://www.patreon.com/philbrucato

https://bsky.app/profile/satyrosphilbrucato.bsky.social

https://www.facebook.com/groups/126494504028229/

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/11262/quiet-thunder-productions

ERIC LAHTI

Eric Lahti grew up looking for UFOs and buried treasure in northwest New Mexico. Unfortunately, he never found either of them. Or maybe he did and he’s just not telling. He did find some good stories to tell at parties about lights in the skies and gold in the ground, though. When he’s not writing, he’s programming and practicing his Kenpo. He’s also an active blogger, waxing philosophical about a range of topics from writing, to martial arts, to politics and religion. Frankly, he fancies himself something of a Renaissance geek about a wide variety of things.

OCCULTATION is his first pure sci-fi book and is part of a mostly-written trilogy.

TERESA SEWELL & ROB LE

TERESA SEWELL

Teresa is a lifelong lover of myths, legends, and the paranormal. She started a newspaper with over a million readers worldwide, authored titles like Manta Ray, Dyna Twins, and Draculus, and now co-authors the Broken Arrow Wars series. She lives in Canada with her partner Rob LE, their dog Buddy, and a betta fish.

ROB LE

Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Rob enjoys woodworking, RPGs, and stargazing. A passionate storyteller, Rob is a father of two and co-writes the Broken Arrow Wars series with Teresa. He shares his home with Teresa and their Stafford Terrier, Buddy.

DICKSON LEE TURPIN

Dickson Lee Turpin is a writer of horror, fantasy, and romance who loves folklore and true stories of the macabre. Many of his stories draw from true events or from real folklore. All of his works exist in one universe, part of one story.

JOHN SHUPECK

John “Bobby” Shupeck is a mean cat from the darkest depths of the Pittsburgh streets. His hobbies include knifing skeezers, shooting dice in a trap house, and sleeping under a bridge. He also has written ten other published works, mostly about his love of the game and how to properly “Crip Walk.” Any donations would be both encouraged and appreciated.

J.P. WILLIE

J.P. Willie is a Louisiana-born horror author and filmmaker, and a retired U.S. Army soldier. He graduated from Tara High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and enlisted in the United States Army on October 20, 2000.

During his military career, he was stationed at Fort Bragg (North Carolina), Caserma Ederle (Italy), Mannheim (Germany), Fort Benning (Georgia), Schofield Barracks (Hawaii), Fort Polk (Louisiana), and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (Alaska). He completed two combat tours in Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade, retiring honorably after twenty-one years of service in 2021.

Willie began his writing career in March 2008. His debut novel, Blood in the Woods, published by HellBound Books Publishing on December 18, 2017, was inspired by true events from his childhood and has terrified readers worldwide. His short story, “Welcome Home Rougarou,” reached #5 in Amazon’s Short Reads category.

His directorial debut, Crybaby Bridge: A Louisiana Urban Legend, won Best Short Film at the Horror in the Heat Film Festival and placed third at the Lake Charles Film Festival. Produced on a zero budget with first-time cast and crew, the film was later selected for The Louisiana Film Channel, a streaming service dedicated to Louisiana-based film and television.

For his second film, Welcome Home Rougarou, Willie served as writer, director, and editor. Shot along the Blind River in Lake Maurepas, Louisiana, the film is available to watch on YouTube.

J.P. Willie writes horror, psychological thrillers, supernatural fiction, and dark fiction. His first novella, Hot Summer Savior, was published by Nightmare Press in 2026.

LUCIA BRACCALENTI

Lucia Braccalenti was born in 1991 in Tuscany, Italy. After graduating in Literature, she attended Scuola Holden in Turin, a renowned film school, run by the Italian writer Alessandro Baricco and the film producer Domenico Procacci. Then, she co-wrote the script for Pop Black Posta, a thriller movie which was released in Italian cinemas in 2019; in addition to that, she has won several national and international prizes for her unproduced scripts. In 2023, her first book was published by Scatole Parlanti: a collection of short stories, titled I Racconti.

JOURNEY SLOANE

Journey Sloane is a writer of science fiction and horror with occasional dabbles of romance. Blurring lines and twisting tropes make them the happiest. They live with their teenager, their two dogs, and their husband (in approximately that order of importance) and are one of those weird few who tried social media for several years and then went, “Nah, I’m good, thanks.”

They have been published in Dragonesque, Humor Me Magazine, Illustrated Worlds, and Dark Stars, amongst others. 

Fun fact: Surviving Union Grace is the result of a challenge to try to write inside the lines for the first time.

JOSEPH J. BATTAGLIA

Joseph J. Battaglia was born in 1975 to a military family at the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station, Ridgecrest, California. His father worked on base during the day, but at night he ran the town’s drive-in movie theater. This exposed Joseph at an early age to the movies that would influence his writing later in life.

When Joseph was eight, his family moved to the civilian area of Ridgecrest where he attended school. From there, he enjoyed dinners at the Knights of Columbus, where his grandfather was a knight and cook. The many mysteries of Ridgecrest have also influenced his writing.

Joseph played soccer, football, baseball, and roller hockey from grade school to high school. In 1994, he went to college, getting his first degree a few years later. In 1997, he accepted an invitation to try out for the Los Angeles Dodgers at a free agent tryout camp in Las Vegas.

Soon after, Joseph returned to school and earned his second degree in digital animation in an attempt to make video games for Sony and Microsoft. This led him to expand his video game ideas into longform stories and books.

His first book, Blood Moon, was published in 2021 by Victory Book Publishing. Joseph also enjoys music, and plays the drums and piano while writing his own lyrics and poetry. We look forward to more from this author as Joseph has other titles slated for release with Nightmare Press.

JOHN BARACKMAN

John is a retired pharmaceutical biochemist and software engineer currently living in a rural section of Tennessee. His previous residence of thirty-three years was that of the San Francisco Bay Area. He lives in a wonderful home with his wife situated on a few acres of wooded property where he tends to a large garden, and to his flock of chickens. His hobbies include do-it-yourself electronics projects, attending music festivals, visiting his greater family in California and Colorado, and, of course, fiction writing. John’s writing spans the spectrum between science fiction and horror, wherever his fruitful and nightmarish imagination takes him.

His stories can be found in various anthologies and e-Zines by Terror Tract Publishing LLC, Hellbound Books Publishing LLC, Wicked Shadow, and Dragon Soul Press.

SHELLY LYONS

Shelly is a Los Angeles townie who works at a library by day, screenplays and dark fiction by night. Her work has been optioned and/or appeared in a dozen anthologies in the last few years. Ghoulish Books published her debut novel, the sci-fi body horror rom-com, Like Real, in 2023. Laughing Man Press will release her third book, June Bride, in 2027.

As a huge fan of horror made-for-television movies from the sixties through the aughts, she hosts monthly watch parties of such classics as Crowhaven Farm, Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon, and Satan’s School for Girls.

If you wish to meet Shelly in her natural habitat, you’ll find her skulking through various Los Angeles neighborhoods in search of a Little Free Library, or standing in line for a double feature at The New Bev.

Find links to her socials at http://www.shellylyons.com

JASON A. WYCKOFF

Jason A. Wyckoff’s first novel, IXIXIKLIS, was published by Grendel Press in 2025. He is the author of two previous short story collections published by Tartarus Press, BLACK HORSE AND OTHER STRANGE STORIES (2012) and THE HIDDEN BACK ROOM (2016). His work has appeared in numerous anthologies and often in the journals NIGHTSCRIPT and CHTHONIC MATTER QUARTERLY, among others. He has a degree in music composition from The Ohio State University and a day job completely unrelated to writing or music. He lives in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Married, with cats.